A man who allegedly emailed a minor female that he “saw a sexy nighty at Walmart” and that he would “love to see your gorgeous body in it” was arrested Jan. 30 by the Kentucky State Police, according to an arrest citation filed in Anderson District Court.

You could search every inch of the earth and still not find a plausible explanation for the struggles the Anderson County boys’ basketball team have experienced this year.

You can point to the injuries and sickness that have plagued the Bearcats. That would make a little bit of sense as to why a team that entered the season as one of the favorites to win the Eighth Region and was ranked in the state’s Top 25 stood at 8-12 after going 1-2 last week.

There might have been more suspense to Cobe Penny setting the Anderson County boys’ basketball scoring record than anyone might have liked.

It really wasn’t like the night his older brother C.J. set the now second-place mark with his final basket in his final game. Cobe still had five regular season games and the post-season to play, so, barring injury or a monumental blizzard, it was just a matter of when, not if.

It was a tournament prep test for Anderson County and the Lady Bearcats graded out as proficient last Tuesday.

Anderson certainly wasn’t perfect in a 65-52 win over Grant County that was a bit closer than the score would indicate. But the Lady Bearcats did what they had to do in defeating last year’s Eighth Region runner-up.

Anderson County had already sewed up the top seed in the 30th District Tournament, but the Lady Bearcats were still thinking about the post-season last Wednesday.

The Lady Bearcats scored the first eight points, then went on to rout district foe Shelby County, 72-35 in what Anderson hopes will be a preview of the district tournament opener. Shelby will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament.